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Follow-up to previous post: How to get a signed copy of Scott Wannberg's new book, strange movie full of death

Posted by kluciole at 7/29/2009 2:57 AM | Add Comment

Follow-up to previously posted topic: "With spellbinding charm, estate agent Carla Calamity wins £50,000 job as Wookey Hole witch"

Posted by kluciole at 7/29/2009 2:51 AM | Add Comment

Annual crowning of a goat as "King of Ireland" at one of the country's oldest fairs, Puck Fair, runs into trouble as paperwork problems may prevent the heir from traveling to the festival

Posted by kluciole at 7/27/2009 8:20 AM | Add Comment

Sorry for the delay in posting this; Scott Wannberg's new book -- strange movie full of death -- is now available for purchase at Perceval Press!

Posted by kluciole at 7/27/2009 8:15 AM | Add Comment

Polar bears Reiko and Yukio at Tokyo's Ueno Zoo, with some frozen treats

Posted by kluciole at 7/27/2009 8:10 AM | Add Comment

Hot dogs are dangerous: Oscar Mayer Wienermobile crashes into Wisconsin home

Posted by kluciole at 7/17/2009 10:45 PM | Add Comment

What my cat already knew: "Cats Do Control Humans, Study Finds"

Posted by kluciole at 7/13/2009 10:39 PM | Add Comment

I have never seen one like this before -- Photo: a kangaroo lying down on its back at the Heidelberg Zoo

Posted by kluciole at 7/4/2009 3:41 AM | Add Comment

Photo: a Japanese cat takes a nap alongside a farmer's workboots as seasonal rains pour down outside

Posted by kluciole at 7/1/2009 4:38 AM | Add Comment

One of my favorites: Eudora Welty's "Why I Live at the P.O."

Posted by kluciole at 6/28/2009 8:05 PM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Photo: a sand sculpture of an iguana in Puerto Vallarta

Posted by kluciole at 6/25/2009 6:32 PM | Add Comment

Photo: a sculpture made of traffic barrels by Joseph Carnevale in Raleigh, N.C.

Posted by kluciole at 6/23/2009 6:36 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Stephen Colbert shaves head for US troops in Iraq

Posted by kluciole at 6/8/2009 9:45 AM | Add Comment

Photo: a cat relaxes in the morning sun on a terrace near Kiel, northern Germany

Posted by kluciole at 6/2/2009 4:23 AM | Add Comment

Photo: Baby and Bessi; a young tiger cub cuddles with a dachsund

Posted by kluciole at 5/27/2009 12:59 AM | Add Comment

Photos: a "human exhibit" at the London Zoo. "Room with a Zoo" will teach visitors about the effect humans are having on the world around them

Posted by kluciole at 5/21/2009 9:41 PM | Add Comment

Photo: seagulls being fed on the Thames at Hammersmith

Posted by kluciole at 5/12/2009 12:43 PM | View Comments (4) | Add Comment

My cat's second favorite poem by Pablo Neruda: "Cat's Dream"

Posted by kluciole at 5/11/2009 4:08 PM | Add Comment

I love both cats and parakeets/budgies, and laughed when I saw these photos. Hope they make you smile too: "The moment sleeping kitten is pecked awake by cheeky budgie who wants to play"

Posted by kluciole at 5/9/2009 7:57 AM | Add Comment

Photos: Sweden-bound 16-month-old polar bear Wilbaer (and his mother Corinna at Wilhelma zoo, Stuttgart)

Posted by kluciole at 5/6/2009 1:38 AM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Don't incur the wrath of killer bees whilst wearing this giant floral hat -- photo of Patty Ethington of Shelbyville, Ky., at the Kentucky Derby

Posted by kluciole at 5/2/2009 6:04 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Photo: a raccoon peering from a hole in a tree in Ohio

Posted by kluciole at 5/1/2009 1:54 AM | Add Comment

Photo: Kentucky Derby hopeful Nowhere To Hide shakes off water during his bath

Posted by kluciole at 4/29/2009 4:47 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Photo: Mengala, Budapest Zoo's 13 year-old orangutan, eating an apple

Posted by kluciole at 4/27/2009 11:19 PM | Add Comment

Sophie Dahl is always a clever and entertaining writer; she has a new book coming out, "Voluptuous Delights"

Posted by kluciole at 4/25/2009 10:41 PM | Add Comment

Smile and pose! Photo: 8-year-old male sea lion Kanji with a visitor during a photo session at Kamogawa Sea World

Posted by kluciole at 4/24/2009 11:53 PM | Add Comment

New poem from Luciole Press contributor/friend Scott Wannberg: "i'm just a..."

Posted by kluciole at 4/21/2009 10:39 PM | Add Comment

Video: Part of the movie, Two Mules for Sister Sara, starring Shirley MacLaine and Clint Eastwood...

Posted by kluciole at 4/21/2009 10:29 PM | Add Comment

NASA to announce module name on 'Colbert Report'

Posted by kluciole at 4/10/2009 10:49 PM | Add Comment

Stick It, Flanders! Simpsons’ Stamps Unveiled

Posted by kluciole at 4/10/2009 10:50 AM | Add Comment

Photo: A pair of deer peers through a drive-in liquor store window in Medicine Bow, Wyoming

Posted by kluciole at 4/4/2009 5:07 AM | Add Comment

Photos: Sumatran tiger cubs and their mother at Paignton Zoo

Posted by kluciole at 4/3/2009 4:19 PM | Add Comment

For the bride with an extremely high tolerance for annoyance. Photo: a Romanian model displays wedding dress with a train measuring 1,579 metres long, in Bucharest

Posted by kluciole at 4/2/2009 8:10 PM | Add Comment

Photo: a Royal Bengal tiger bares its teeth at a zoo in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Posted by kluciole at 4/1/2009 12:11 AM | Add Comment

Sent in by Luciole Press Contributor/friend S.A. Griffin: H.I.P. (Hollywood Institute of Poetics) Launch Party and Reading Sunday April 5th at Stories Books

Posted by kluciole at 4/1/2009 12:03 AM | Add Comment

Editor's Note from Karen Bowles: LUCIOLE PRESS SPRING / SUMMER ISSUE 2009

Posted by kluciole at 3/29/2009 11:34 PM | View Comments (20) | Add Comment

Photo: a black bird (not sure what kind) hitches a ride on the back of an eagle in flight

Posted by kluciole at 3/27/2009 9:11 PM | Add Comment

To be in the next issue: Luciole Press Contributor and friend Scott Wannberg's new poem-- "where'd my travis tritt video link go????" -- mentions Luciole Press and Editor Karen :):)

Posted by kluciole at 3/23/2009 9:30 PM | Add Comment

I do this routine three times every morning! (kidding) Video: OK Go - "Here It Goes Again"

Posted by kluciole at 3/22/2009 4:58 AM | Add Comment

Photo: This should cut down on pollution! Sign at Hells Gate in Rotorua, New Zealand... "Persons who throw litter or stones into thermal pools may be asked to retrieve them"

Posted by kluciole at 3/21/2009 10:09 PM | Add Comment

Photo: a keeper holds two yowling newborn Siberian tigers in Harbin, north-east China

Posted by kluciole at 3/16/2009 11:23 PM | Add Comment

Photo: two children become astronauts for the day at the National Space Centre in Leicester, as part of "Great Big Astronomy Day"

Posted by kluciole at 3/16/2009 10:55 PM | Add Comment

Photo: a giraffe sticks out his tongue at Dusit Zoo in Bangkok

Posted by kluciole at 3/13/2009 9:59 PM | Add Comment

Stewart hammers Cramer on "The Daily Show"

Posted by kluciole at 3/12/2009 9:21 PM | Add Comment

Photos: when Kevin Richardson decided to cool off in the sweltering South African heat he was joined by an unlikely swimming partner - a giant lioness

Posted by kluciole at 3/12/2009 2:02 PM | Add Comment

Photo: bejeweled chainmail masks at 'surrealist' Alexander McQueen's show in Paris

Posted by kluciole at 3/11/2009 12:49 PM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Photo: a sleepy bear lies on an artificial stone at a zoo in Warsaw

Posted by kluciole at 3/11/2009 12:34 PM | Add Comment

Photo: a less-than-happy-looking model presents a creation by Indian fashion designer Manish Arora, in Paris

Posted by kluciole at 3/10/2009 5:13 PM | Add Comment

Can NASA take a joke? Try space station Colbert

Posted by kluciole at 3/10/2009 4:30 PM | Add Comment

Study: Belligerent chimp proves animals make plans (Santino lives at Furuvik Zoo in Sweden, and gathers rocks to throw at visitors)

Posted by kluciole at 3/9/2009 9:43 PM | Add Comment

Video: the opening sequence of "The Cat From Outer Space"

Posted by kluciole at 3/8/2009 11:19 PM | Add Comment

Photos: Crazy signs around the world

Posted by kluciole at 3/8/2009 2:59 PM | Add Comment

Photo: a beauteous lemur (love the tail hanging over the branch)

Posted by kluciole at 3/6/2009 8:45 AM | Add Comment

The dolphin who made friends with a curious tiger: Akaasha and Mavrick

Posted by kluciole at 3/6/2009 7:47 AM | Add Comment

Photo: Buddy the cat sits upright, surveying the snow around his house in North Haven, Conn.

Posted by kluciole at 3/4/2009 2:15 PM | Add Comment

Leave God a message at his Dutch answering service

Posted by kluciole at 3/3/2009 3:30 AM | Add Comment

Poem: Kobayashi Issa, "Don't worry, spiders"

Posted by kluciole at 3/2/2009 2:20 AM | Add Comment

Bear deterrent? "What better way to discourage bear attacks when camping than to make them think you've already been eaten by another bear?" Artist Eiko Ishizawa created this great sleeping bag

Posted by kluciole at 3/2/2009 1:51 AM | Add Comment

Photo: rolling in the snow is a delight for Siberian tiger Tinka, at a zoo near Lausanne, Switzerland

Posted by kluciole at 2/27/2009 1:10 PM | Add Comment

5 short poems by Piet Hein: "I'd Like -" ... "Making an Effort" ... "A Psychological Tip" ... "Living Is -" ... and "Brave"

Posted by kluciole at 2/20/2009 8:26 PM | Add Comment

Photo: a hairy frogfish takes a leisurely stroll on the seabed

Posted by kluciole at 2/17/2009 8:36 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Photo: Polar bear cub Wilbaer plays with his mother Corinna, at Wilhelma Zoo in Stuttgart, Germany

Posted by kluciole at 2/14/2009 3:31 PM | Add Comment

No herring dinner for me! Marine sanctuary baffled by the baby seal with a fish phobia

Posted by kluciole at 2/10/2009 10:52 PM | Add Comment

Oldest winner in history of Westminster Kennel Club show: Stump, an elderly Sussex Spaniel, wins coveted Best in Show Prize

Posted by kluciole at 2/10/2009 10:41 PM | Add Comment

Photos: hackers take over electronic road sign in Texas, warning of zombies and that "the end is near"

Posted by kluciole at 2/5/2009 12:23 AM | Add Comment

"Simply purrfect: Wildlife photographer Jane Burton's last labour of love"... she was one of the early women wildlife photographers to leave Britain for West Africa; here are some of her domestic shots of animals

Posted by kluciole at 1/29/2009 8:18 PM | Add Comment

Photo:Young lions make paw prints in the snow as they play at Dyreparken zoo in Kristiansand, Norway

Posted by kluciole at 1/27/2009 6:42 PM | Add Comment

Photo and video ~~ this photo of a domestic cat led me to a video of German TV weatherman Jörg Kachelmann and a portly cat called Lupin, who "became internet stars after Lupin wandered into a live broadcast"

Posted by kluciole at 1/27/2009 8:30 AM | Add Comment

Photo: very self-satisfied looking Amur tigers relax at the Buffalo Zoo

Posted by kluciole at 1/26/2009 5:35 PM | Add Comment

Kentucky the penguin, who's p-p-petrified of cold water

Posted by kluciole at 1/23/2009 10:41 PM | Add Comment

Look at our snazzy new poster I made for Luciole Press' WINTER ISSUE! Artwork by the fabulous Diana Bonebrake!

Posted by kluciole at 1/22/2009 2:44 PM | Add Comment

Photo: a man looks at a sculpture of a cow which is part of the CowParade exhibition in central Madrid

Posted by kluciole at 1/22/2009 1:36 PM | Add Comment

Photo: a golden retriever puppy yawns during the American Kennel Club's most popular purebred dog in America news conference

Posted by kluciole at 1/22/2009 12:31 AM | Add Comment

Jeopardy's Alex Trebek, along with three former prime ministers, will host a new reality competition series: "Canada's Next Prime Minister"

Posted by kluciole at 1/18/2009 11:55 PM | Add Comment

Photos: Indonesian photographer Ilham Anas wins Obama look-alike contest, and will star on Indonesian TV as his double

Posted by kluciole at 1/18/2009 12:25 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Your cuddly, wooly brain: psychiatrist Karen Norberg has knitted an exact replica of the human body's most complex organ. It will be on permanent display at the Boston Museum of Science

Posted by kluciole at 1/15/2009 5:06 PM | Add Comment

Photo: this seal looks like he/she is posing for a photograph next to a diver off the British coast

Posted by kluciole at 1/14/2009 11:29 AM | Add Comment

Photo: a meercat investigates a clipboard during the annual animal count at London Zoo

Posted by kluciole at 1/9/2009 4:53 AM | Add Comment

Photo: a local tourist feeds a squirrel in a nature reserve at Nueva Guinea Town, Nicaragua

Posted by kluciole at 1/8/2009 6:22 AM | Add Comment

Have you ever seen a piglet squid? This one looks like it is smiling

Posted by kluciole at 1/7/2009 5:52 AM | Add Comment

Charlie Rose mistakenly declares longtime friend dead on his New Year's Eve tribute show (even showing a photo of a tombstone)... A group of filmmaker George Butler's friends even planned a wake before someone tried phoning him

Posted by kluciole at 1/4/2009 5:28 AM | Add Comment

Video: What would Napoleon Dynamite look like as a back-up dancer for Madonna?

Posted by kluciole at 1/3/2009 3:49 AM | Add Comment

Photo: There's a gnawing problem in the British countryside -- a giant 84-pound beaver on the loose, wreaking havoc in southwest England

Posted by kluciole at 1/1/2009 11:13 PM | Add Comment

Ornithologist Janet Davies travelled to Norway to spot a rare bird, and left disappointed... she returned home and found one in her Cornwall garden

Posted by kluciole at 1/1/2009 6:06 PM | View Comments (4) | Add Comment

Alaska winter trip: Northern Lights and much more (travel article). "Last winter, my 10-year-old son and I headed to a destination that had friends and family wondering if we'd lost our minds. We went to Fairbanks. In February"

Posted by kluciole at 12/27/2008 10:33 PM | Add Comment

Photos: a tiger relaxes after its meal at Central Zoo in Kathmandu. The zoo says it has stopped feeding the tigers for one day a week to keep the wild cats slim

Posted by kluciole at 12/26/2008 10:42 PM | Add Comment

NYC man has designed a Bubble Wrap calendar; customers can pop a bubble each day to mark the passage of time

Posted by kluciole at 12/26/2008 8:12 PM | Add Comment

Photos: Kuchani the African lioness investigates Christmas packages left in her Savannah-themed habitat at Taronga Zoo in Sydney

Posted by kluciole at 12/23/2008 8:11 PM | Add Comment

Video: Fitness for Cats -- who needs a treadmill? (quite humorous)

Posted by kluciole at 12/21/2008 11:29 PM | Add Comment

The next issue of Luciole Press will be delayed slightly (please read)

Posted by kluciole at 12/21/2008 9:52 PM | Add Comment

The ongoing series sent in by author and Luciole Press contributor Kurt Kamm: FIREFIGHTER'S WORDS - 44 - THE COWBOY AND THE FIRE TRUCK

Posted by kluciole at 12/21/2008 7:09 PM | Add Comment

Photo: this pedestrian, walking past a giant Christmas ornament on the street in Boston, looks like a walking umbrella with yellow boots

Posted by kluciole at 12/15/2008 9:51 PM | Add Comment

Photos and article: The Japanese snow monkeys who enjoy nothing more than a bath in volcanic hot springs

Posted by kluciole at 12/14/2008 9:13 PM | Add Comment

Frankie the feline exposed as the cat burglar stealing toys from his neighbors' homes

Posted by kluciole at 12/13/2008 11:37 PM | Add Comment

Photo: a squirrel with magnificent ear tufts sits on the ground in a park on a foggy day in Minsk, Belarus

Posted by kluciole at 12/12/2008 11:41 AM | Add Comment

Photo: King and gentoo penguins waddle through the animal park during snowfall at the zoo in Basel, Switzerland. The penguins are taken for walks through the zoo every day during the wintertime.

Posted by kluciole at 12/11/2008 11:56 PM | Add Comment

Astronomer Seth Shostak (SETI Institute) on the set of "The Day the Earth Stood Still"

Posted by kluciole at 12/9/2008 10:22 PM | Add Comment

Another photo of our friend, Mr. Poisonous Cane Toad

Posted by kluciole at 12/8/2008 10:48 PM | Add Comment

Photo: a not very happy looking cat, shown at the International Cat Show - "The best cat of Belarus 2008" in Minsk

Posted by kluciole at 12/8/2008 4:41 AM | Add Comment

Welcome to the world, meet your parents... and Hello Kitty! Photos of Taiwan's Hau Sheng Hello Kitty Maternity Hospital, which hopes the "Japanese cartoon icon will ease the stress of childbirth as well as boost business"

Posted by kluciole at 12/8/2008 2:31 AM | Add Comment
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